Hello,

simple file read and write question. I've looked it up on the database but could not find what I wanted (or is it that I don't know how or what to look for)... ok... cutting to the chase...

I'm reading a file and when I find a certain line which contains some 'idTag' character I wish to overwrite it. The fact is the lines don't always have the same length. Somtimes... they're longer... sometimes shorter...
Is it possible to do this in a clean way with the read and write operator "+<" without having to introduce a temporary file?

Speaking of which... I can't really seem to find a use for the tmp_file constructor in the IO::File module. If you have an example please let me know.

Thanks in advance!

-Would choke

p.s. I hate it because the more I code, the messier it gets...

2005-09-07 Retitled by Corion, as per Monastery guidelines
Original title: 'Unworthy me!'

In reply to inline file modification by Woodchuck

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